For real. Anecdotal evidence: I went to Target yesterday. I always walk through the bike section. This is what it looked like:

And this was the parts/accessories rack:

I actually asked a kid working there stocking shelves in sporting goods... did they move the bikes somewhere else or are they really all gone?
He told me that's it, they're all sold. People are buying like crazy. He said he came in one day recently and found it like this and was surprised as I was.

Yeah. Unfortunately, the boom has raised the prices on the junk I hunt now. For a while, people were unloading stuff, good stuff, for cheap. Now, people are unloading cheap stuff for not cheap. Hard to predict the weather, or wether the boom will show up as a glut of bikes on the used market in a few months.

Yeah. Unfortunately, the boom has raised the prices on the junk I hunt now. For a while, people were unloading stuff, good stuff, for cheap. Now, people are unloading cheap stuff for not cheap. Hard to predict the weather, or wether the boom will show up as a glut of bikes on the used market in a few months.

The local bike shop I go to is sold out of everything but the highest end bikes. They can't keep tubes or chain lube in stock either. They had to stop taking bikes for servicing for a bit cause they couldn't keep up with the number coming in. Heck when I was furloughed for a week they offered me a job for the week.

Because the bike shops are so slammed and my rep is good in my 'hood, I don't have to seek a regular job yet. I've had a few people bring bikes that were set up poorly by less than reputable bike shops and they all wheel away on a better ride.

I'd blame the lazy jerks on the floor of their warehouse, but it's too hot to leave this air conditioned cafeteria! Seriously though, it's hard to keep up with the demand, with all the people not at work, we're about ten days behind on our orders.

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